Australian Athletics Results

Australian Road Walking Championships

20 km Walk - Men

Year	First	Second	Third
1963	Noel FREEMAN (Vic) 1:36:37.6	Peter MCCULLAGH (Vic) 1:38:25.6	Bob GARDINER (Vic) 1:39:44.2
1965	Bob GARDINER (Vic) 1:37:23.4	Frank CLARK (NSW) 1:37:35.0	Ted ALLSOPP (Vic) 1:38:10.0
1967	Frank CLARK (NSW) 1:35:13.6	Bob GARDINER (Vic) 1:35:25.0	Ted ALLSOPP (Vic) 1:35:34.0
1969	Frank CLARK (NSW) 1:31:56.6	Noel FREEMAN (Vic) 1:32:37.6	Bob GARDINER (Vic) 1:38:07.2
1970	Noel FREEMAN (Vic) 1:30:57.0	Graeme NICHOLLS (Vic) 1:35:20.0	Athol JONES (NSW) 1:35:50.0
1972	Peter FULLAGER (SA) 1:39:42.6	Lindsay CARRUCAN (NSW) 1:41:38.0	lan HODGKINSON (WA) 1:42:36.6
1974	Peter FULLAGER (SA) 1:34:45.6	Ross HAYWOOD (Vic) 1:37:39.4	Mike PARKER (NZL) 1:38:06.0 (4) Bill CULLEN (Vic) 1:40:05.0
1976	Willi SAWALL (Vic) 1:39:03.6	Robin WHYTE (ACT) 1:40:28.0	Peter VYSMA (Vic) 1:41:25.2
1978	Willi SAWALL (Vic) 1:29:31.0	Dave SMITH (Vic) 1:30:25.0	Tim ERICKSON (Vic) 1:30:49.0
1980	Peter FULLAGER (SA) 1:34:40.0	John SHEARD (Vic) 1:35:12.6	Barrie BIRTCHNELL (Vic) 1:35:48.6
1982	Willi SAWALL (Vic) 1:29:02.0	Keith KNOX (NSW) 1:	Duncan KNOX (Vic) 1:35:17.0
1983	Dave SMITH (Vic) 1:25:59.0	Simon BAKER (Vic) 1:28:00.0	Willi SAWALL (Vic) 1:28:15.0
1984	Dave SMITH (Vic) 1:23:00.0	Willi SAWALL (Vic) 1:23:56.0	Simon BAKER (Vic) 1:25:06.0
1985	Simon BAKER (Vic) 1:26:09.0	Andrew JACHNO (Vic) 1:26:22.0	Michael HARVEY (Vic) 1:29:49.0
1987	Dave SMITH (Vic) 1:19:22.0	Mark DONAHOO (Vic) 1:31:43.0	Steve HAUSFELD (NSW) 1:33:57.0
1988	Simon BAKER (Vic) 1:21:09.0	Andrew JACHNO (Vic) 1:22:29.0	Willi SAWALL (Vic) 1:25:02.0
1989	Rod HUXLEY (NSW) 1:36:41.0	Andrew LUDWIG (Qld) 1:37:00.0	S DONNELLY (NZL) 1:39:50.0 (4) Mark WALL (Vic) 1:42:18.0
1990	Andrew JACHNO (Vic) 1:20:43.0	Nicholas AHERN (NSW) 1:22:00.0	Simon BAKER (Vic) 1:22:38.0
1991	Dave SMITH (Vic) 1:23:50.0	Andrew JACHNO (Vic) 1:25:55.0	Michael HARVEY (Vic) 1:28:47.0
1992	Robert MCFADDEN (SA) 1:30:49.0	Craig JEFFERY (Vic) 1:33:26.0	Craig BARRETT (NZL) 94:21.0 (4) Mark DONAHOO (Vic) 1:36:59.0
1993	Paul COPELAND (Vic) 1:29:42.0	Michael HARVEY (Vic) 1:30:35.0	Mark DONAHOO (Vic) 1:30:35.0
1995	Nicholas AHERN (NSW) 82:35.0	Michael HARVEY (Vic) 87:05.0	Dion RUSSELL (Vic) 87:19.0
1996	Nicholas AHERN (NSW) 83:55.0	Dion RUSSELL (Vic) 84:18.0	Brent VALLANCE (NSW) 86:50.0
1997	Nicholas AHERN (NSW) 1:21:22.0	Dion RUSSELL (Vic) 1:23:16.0	Duane COUSINS (Vic) 1:25:17.0
1998	Nicholas AHERN (NSW) 1:22:27.0	Dion RUSSELL (Vic) 1:27:02.0	Duane COUSINS (Vic) 1:28:23.0
1999	Dion RUSSELL (Vic) 1:20:49.0	Nicholas AHERN (NSW) 1:21:18.0	Luke ADAMS (NSW) 1:23:52.0
2000	Nathan DEAKES (Vic) 1:21:47.0	Joel SANCHEZ (MEX) 1:21:55.0 (3) Nicholas AHERN (NSW) 1:22:15.0	(4) Dion RUSSELL (Vic) 1:24:09.0
2001	Nathan DEAKES (Vic) 1:21:02.0	Luke ADAMS (NSW) 1:26:31.0	Duane COUSINS (Vic) 1:31:17.0
2002	Nathan DEAKES (Vic) 1:23:36	Luke ADAMS (NSW) 1:23:56	Darren BOWN (SA) 1:27.34
2003	Luke ADAMS (NSW) 1:23.22	Darren BOWN (SA) 1:27.18	Jared TALLENT (Vic) 1:33.01
2004	Nathan DEAKES (Vic) 1:23:11	Luke ADAMS (NSW) 1:25:31	Liam MURPHY (SA) 1:26:50
2005	Nathan DEAKES (Vic) 1:19:39	Luke ADAMS (NSW) 1:21:39	Adam RUTTER (NSW) 1:24:46
2006	Nathan DEAKES (Vic) 1:22:13	Luke ADAMS (NSW) 1:23:09	Jared TALLENT (Vic) 1:25:23
2007	Luke ADAMS (NSW) 1:25:10	Jared TALLENT (Vic) 1:30:57	Adam RUTTER (NSW) 1:32:13
2008	Jared TALLENT (Vic) 1:19:41	Luke ADAMS (NSW) 1:20:32	Adam RUTTER (NSW) 1:21:49
2009	Jared TALLENT (Vic) 1:19:42	Adam RUTTER (NSW) 1:22:16	Luke ADAMS (NSW) 1:26:33
2010	Jared TALLENT (Vic) 1:19:15	Luke ADAMS (NSW) 1:22:07	Anatole IBANEZ (SWE) 1:23:30 (4) Chris ERICKSON (Vic) 1:23:37
2011	Jared TALLENT (Vic) 1:20:19	Luke ADAMS (NSW) 1:21:00	Adam RUTTER (NSW) 1:22:25
2012	Jared TALLENT (Vic) 1:23:01	Chris ERICKSON (Vic) 1:24:12	Inaki GOMEZ (CAN) 1:24:46 (4) Adam RUTTER (NSW) 1:26:04
2013	Jared TALLENT (Vic) 1:22:10	Dane BIRD-SMITH (Qld) 1:22:27	Luke ADAMS (NSW) 1:23:48
2014	Dane BIRD-SMITH (Qld) 1:22:39	Chris ERICKSON (Vic) 1:25:23	Rhydian COWLEY (Vic) 1:26:49
2015	Jared TALLENT (Vic) 1:24:05	Quentin REW (NZL) 1:25:22 (3) Chris ERICKSON (Vic) 1:25:42	(4) Rhydian COWLEY (Vic) 1:28:06
2016	Dane BIRD-SMITH (Qld) 1:20:04	Lebogang SHANGE (RSA) 1:20:06 (9) Rhydian COWLEY (Vic) 1:22:07	Benjamin THORNE (CAN) 1:20:08 (11) Michael HOSKING (ACT) 1:24:42
2017	Dane BIRD-SMITH (Qld) 1:19:37	Lebogang SHANGE (RSA) 1:21:00 (9) Rhydian COWLEY (Vic) 1:22:09	Quentin REW (NZL) 1:21:12 (12) Brendon READING (ACT) 1:24:37
2018	Perseus KARLSTROM (SWE) 1:20:31 (5) Dane BIRD-SMITH (Qld) 1:22:18	Marius ZIUKAS (LTU) 1:20:32 (6) Michael HOSKING (ACT) 1:23:10	Yerko CORTES (CHI) 1:21:13 (10) Rhydian COWLEY (Vic) 1:24:54
2019	Perseus KARLSTROM (SWE) 1:20:05 (2) Dane BIRD-SMITH (Qld) 1:20:52	(7) Rhydian COWLEY (Vic) 1:23:33	Eider AREVALO (COL) 1:21:36 (14) Tyler JONES (NSW) 1:25:44
2020	Perseus KARLSTROM (SWE) 1:21:57 (3) Dane BIRD-SMITH (Qld) 1:23:01	Evan DUNFEE (CAN) 1:22:32 (5) Rhydian COWLEY (Vic) 1:24:40	(6) Kyle SWAN (Vic) 1:27:41
2021	Rhydian COWLEY (Vic) 1:22:28	Kyle SWAN (Vic) 1:24:08	Declan TINGAY (WA) 1:24:27 TR54.7.4
2022	Declan TINGAY (WA) 1:20:44	Kyle SWAN (Vic) 1:21:39	Quentin REW (NZL) 1:22:23 (4) Rhydian COWLEY (Vic) 1:23:29
2023	Perseus KARLSTROM (SWE) 1:19:27 (2) Declan TINGAY (WA) 1:20:20	(4) Kyle SWAN (Vic) 1:22:52	Evan DUNFEE (CAN) 1:20:52 (5) Rhydian COWLEY (Vic) 1:23:05

The first three Australian athletes (as well as first three overall) are in the respective columns.
Rank in brackets ( ) indicate the overall rank of the Australian athlete where that athlete was beaten into that place by an international.